Serious Thinking for an Economic Model!

Though the future shows little more than a sea of services, rather than the skilled workmanship of hands on people, we know that the STEM arena is going to play a huge role in the background.

To start with, we need to think back to World War 2. The handy skills of the common person were highly regarded. Where were they needed? From the flight planning of arial-raids, to the amazing ladies that built planes in our factories, they were, arguably, just as heroic as the people who risked their lives on the battlefield.

Those skills haven't gone away, they're still there. The apparent threat of war is a great elixir for energy and spirit, making even the most 'couch-potato-y' of us to rise into action. Though the war was all encompassing, rations making us control our diets and regular drills designed to keep us safe, we still had a better sense of pride.

I certainly hope that the future doesn't harbour a new war, the effects of it should be a learning experience though. How can these skilled moments create a better future now?

Even though there will be factories and general manufacturing in existence, we need to make sure that more people can access the interesting side of STEM. We are bogged down with the more mundane aspects of the disciplines.

Science: This is often seen as dorky, just bubbling chemicals and white coats, accessorised with a set of safety goggles.

Technology: This one is an anomaly. Though people relate to this one more than any of the others, it runs in the opposite direction. What I mean by this, is that many people only look at the surface of it. The actual background skills involved can be monotonous. PCB creation and hefty planning are but some of these. There are enjoyable aspects that cross over to the other disciplines.

Engineering: STEAM TRAINS! Okay, this is quite bold, but engineering feels old school! Robots do it all now, don't they? Don't we need skills to build the robots in the first place?

Mathematics: This encompasses all of these, though it is seen as very boring for many. Often belonging to the female population, there's no creativity involved, so why bother? A generalisation that is often heard.

These after thoughts are a burden on the otherwise specialised interests. We will never be able to draw those in that have NO interest, but there are many that have the interest but have never been given the channel in which they can follow.

To the point! The future can be great if we acknowledge the need for these skills. Those that have little access to resources, and the ever present issues belonging to money! The world would be far better without it, but that's a post for another time.

What are our current desires and needs? More economic forms of transport and power production. Food production and the prevention of violence in society. These are but a few that are in need to be sorted. We are making amazing leaps in power production, there are photo-voltaic cells that can now produce electrical current from droplets of rain.

It is our future generations that can make further headway on these ideas. We need to encourage all of the good points of STEM and open up routes for the less fortunate and those that are 'blind-of-opportunities'. Our future economy will become a lot more stable if we have a balance of disciplines in the world. With development in power production, ease of travelling around the world, and general ease on mental health, through happiness in our day-to-day lives, could create a magnificent change.

Point of direction: Our goal now is to find those routes, the concept of Frugal STEM is as important as ever, more on this in a future post.

What do you think? How can we open up these routes? Can you think of ways to make them cheaper than ever? Whatever the method, let's grow with the climbing STEM.